Alkupis (Nevėžis tributary)

Alkupis
Alkupis
	Alkupis in Apytalaukis
Location
Country	Lithuania
Location	Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest
Mouth	Nevėžis in Apytalaukis
• coordinates	55°19′33″N 24°0′28″E / 55.32583°N 24.00778°ECoordinates: 55°19′33″N 24°0′28″E / 55.32583°N 24.00778°E
Length	12.3 km (7.6 mi)
Basin size	41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea
Tributaries
• right	Kiaulupys

The Alkupis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 12.3 kilometres and has a basin area of 41.8 km². It starts in the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest east to Šventybrastis. The river flows southwards through forests and agriculture lands. It empties into the Nevėžis from the left side in Apytalaukis village.

There were several villages (, , ) by the Alkupis once but now only Apytalaukis village is inhabited.

The hydronym Alkupis is a compound noun - the first root derives from Lithuanian alkas, alka ('sacred place, shrine' and 'boggy place') and the second root from the word upė ('river').^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b B. Gailiušis, J. Jablonskis, M Kovalenkovienė (2001). Lietuvos upės (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas. p. 507.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.

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[upes-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b B. Gailiušis, J. Jablonskis, M Kovalenkovienė (2001). Lietuvos upės (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas. p. 507.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[LHEŽ-2] Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.

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